Technical forensic speaker recognition: Evaluation, types and testing of evidence

Computer Speech and Language

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 159-191

  Rose, Phil ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; THEOREM PROVING;

FORENSIC SPEECH; LIKELIHOOD RATIO; SPEAKER RECOGNITION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 29044446618     PISSN: 08852308     EISSN: 10958363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csl.2005.07.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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